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James Knight’s Desert Patrol Vehicle
This awesome Desert Patrol Vehicle is based on Tamiya’s Fast Attack Vehicle and it’s the custom creation of James Knight. James used a combination of custom 3D printed parts that he designed and some...
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Kev’s Bench: Top 5 Project Monster Trucks
Over the many years that Radio Control Car Action Magazine has been around we have featured some awesome monster truck projects. I’ve been inspired by many of those projects and have been lucky enough...
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Tested: Novak Crusher & 4-Pole Heavy Duty Motor Combo
Novak is a company that for years has been well known for producing some of the most advanced speed controls. In fact Novak was one of the first companies to actually produce an electronic speed...
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Artie Fie’s Awesome Kong 2 Tamiya Clod Buster
Artie Fie is a fan of old school monster trucks and the Tamiya Clod Buster so he took his two passions and combined them to build a replica of the Awesome Kong 2 monster truck. It uses a stock Clod...
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Kev’s Bench: Best of the Sand Sports Super Show
One of the cool things about living in Southern California is that there is a lot to do year round. What I like most are all of the different motorsports events that are going on at any given time....
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Kev’s Bench: 32 Ford Rock Crawler Update
I’ve been up to my eyeballs with projects, review builds and article writing but I somehow managed to find time to work on my 32 Ford rock crawler project and I wanted to share some of the progress...
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Axial Yeti XL: Tech Notes & Driving Impressions
The Axial Yeti was introduced only a few months ago and we were impressed with the new rock racer platform. Normally, when a completely new vehicle like the Yeti is released we don’t see another new...
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We Need More Solid Axle Monster Trucks!
I think it’s safe to say that most people love full-size monster trucks; they are larger than life and are full of destruction and who doesn’t like destruction. For me it’s all about the look of the...
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Watch NASCAR’s Brad Keselowski Wheel a Tamiya Freightliner
Check out this video of NASCAR racer Brad Keselowski and his race-hauler driver “Bama” as they go toe to toe with a couple of Tamiya Freightliner Cascadia Evolution tractor trucks. The racing action is...
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Vaterra Ascender First Impressions & Build Notes
The Ascender is the latest vehicle to come out of the Vaterra Garage and like others before it’s very well detailed and is a performer. This scale truck is the only Vaterra model to be released...
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Kev’s Bench: Return Of The Ripper
I have built a lot of modded Tamiya Clod Busters over my lifetime and one of the trucks that I have held on to is my trusty Thunder Tech Ripper. I built and reviewed the Ripper in the October 2001...
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Kev’s Bench: Hot Stuff Spotted at the SEMA Show
The SEMA show in Las Vegas is the place to see the latest trends, parts and builds in the full-size car world and every year thousands of people in the automotive industry make their way to this...
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Kev’s Bench: 32 Ford Rock Crawler Update
I’ve been spending as much time as possible on my 32 Ford rock crawler project and I have been making good progress. This is the first time that I am making a complete body from scratch and I have...
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Kev’s Bench: What Happened to Monster Truck Racing?
Back in the early 2000s, monster truck racing with independent suspension trucks on local tracks was very popular. People were converting trucks like the Traxxas T-Maxx, Team Associated MGT and Tamiya...
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Kev’s Bench: The Ripper Lives Again!
When I last posted about my Thunder Tech Ripper, I was making plans to improve the old ride for enhanced performance and a return to solid-axle truck racing. Since then, parts have arrived and I’ve...
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RC4WD’s Trailfinder 2 Goes Short Wheelbase
The Trailfinder 2 from RC4WD is very popular with scaler fans and now it’s available in a short wheelbase (“SWB”) version. It’s only available as a kit at this time and we’re willing to be that there...
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Kev’s Bench: Could Trophy Trucks The Next Big Thing?
The scale scene is big right now and there are no signs of it slowing down. Most of the scale vehicles out there are solid axle trucks that are designed to perform well on trail and rock courses....
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Kev’s Bench: Ultimate 80′s Monster Build
I love old school monster trucks. They were slow and didn’t handle very well but boy did they look cool. They were basically oversized show trucks and featured tilt noses and beds, had tons of lights...
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Kev’s Bench: We Need More Injection Molded Bodies!
There’s no doubt that injection molded bodies are the most detailed bodies available and that’s why we see them showing up on most scale trucks these days. The problem is that we don’t have enough...
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Kev’s Bench: Project Old School Update
With the holidays and a magazine behind me I have finally been able to get a little work done on my old school monster truck project. I have a few suspension parts to design and make so I had to get...
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